Anita Kelly
Professor of Psychology
Office: 108 Haggar Hall
Phone: 574-631-7048
Email: kelly.79@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
Secrets, confidentiality
An expert on secrets/confidentiality, Kelly’s research focuses on how people construct their identities through presenting either negative or positive information about themselves to others. She has been studying self-presentational processes in both clinical contexts and everyday interactions, and currently, she is assessing the role of the confidant (e.g., counselors or friends) in determining whether people benefit from revealing their negative, personal secrets. In addition, she has examined how keeping secrets from one’s self, or engaging in thought suppression, may lead to problems for some people but may be an effective thought-control strategy for others. Kelly is author of “The Psychology of Secrets” and has developed a model for when people should and should not reveal their secrets to various confidants.
ND EXPERTS
Keeping secrets not always harmful
ND NEWSWIRE ARTICLES
Study: Telling fewer lies linked to better health and relationships
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PBS—Should Campaign Donors Be Disclosed?
Good Afternoon America—‘GAA’ Toe-to-Toe: Is Honesty the Best Policy?
Huffington Post—Lying: Why You Don’t Tell The Truth And Why You Should Start
NBC News—Could you go 10 weeks without lying?
WCBS (New York City)—Fewer Lies, Better Health?
Chicago Sun-Times—Avoiding lies can help your health, study finds
Washington Times—What can NASA’s Curiosity Rover tell us about the future of health?
New York Daily News—Little white lies may be bad for your health
Chicago Sun Times—Avoiding lies can help your health, study finds
Huffington Post—Honesty Linked With Better Health: Study
Time—Can Telling the Truth Make You Healthier?
The Irish Sun—Boffins: Lying’s bad for your health..honest
Atlanta Journal-Constitution—http://www.ajc.com/health/study-fewer-lies-better-1492321.html
CBS Radio—Fewer Lies, Better Health?
ABC Radio—Study: Reducing lies may benefit health
U.S. World News and Report—Living Without Lies Might Make You Healthier
USA Today—Study finds that avoiding lies can improve your health
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